Yemen calls for delay of Arab League meeting

CAIRO (AA) – Yemen's representative at the Arab League on Monday called for postponing an emergency Arab foreign ministers' meeting on Yemen scheduled to take place in Cairo on Wednesday.

In a memo to the league, Yemen's representative urged the pan-Arab body to consider postponing its planned meeting on Yemen to allow efforts of UN envoy Jamal Benomar "to reach consensus on how to resolve the current crisis" in the fractious southern Arabian country.

Last September, Yemen's Shiite Houthi movement emerged as a formidable political and military force after taking control of capital Sanaa before moving on to consolidate its control over other parts of the country.